New Broom
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
CHRISTCHURCH LAWYER Richard Parkes is the first non-farmer ever elected president of the Canterbury A&P Association.
NEW HOLLAND Agriculture has reclaimed a Guinness World Record title by harvesting 797.656 tonnes of wheat in eight hours with the world’s most powerful combine – the 653hp CR10.90.
WITH A low dairy payout forecast don’t just look to eliminate waste in the paddock, think about what might be underutilised in the cow too, says Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
AUSTRALIAN FARMERS will not have imposed on them a national electronic ID system for identifying sheep and goats.
A NEW Lincoln University education and research facility aims to help boost profitability in the sheep sector.
KIWIFRUIT GROWERS Paul Heywood and Leo Mangos have picked up the 2014 Fresh Carriers Hayward Medal for their achievements in the late 1980s.
MEAT CO-OP Alliance Group has reported a pre-tax profit of $17.6 million for 2013-14.
THE MEAT Industry Excellence (MIE) group says it will endorse just one new candidate for Silver Fern Farms' co-op elections.
A 400ha FARM has been gifted to Lincoln University to help train the next generation of farmers.
ORGANISER OF the annual Prime Cattle competition, John Honeybone from Rural Livestock says that he has not seen such high prices and quality cattle since he started running the competition in the mid 1990's.
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SHEEP AND beef farmers may be doing OK at the moment, but what happens when the wind changes?
IN PREPARING for the 'Young Horticulturist of the Year' competition next week, the six finalists will stretch beyond the boundaries of horticulture.
IRRIGATIONNZ SAYS it is heartened by the support it received for this week's 'It's Now or Never' Ruataniwha meeting.
MEET PETER Moore, newly appointed general manager PGG Wrightson Livestock.
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